| Welcome to 4chanlink What is it? This site provides a simple way of linking to images (jpg, png and gif) on 4chan even after they have 404'd. By using 4chanlink the linked image will be accessible at least 14 days after it has 404'd on 4chan. This is because the image is mirrored here on 4chanlink.
All you have to do is insert the word "link" after the word "4chan" in the image URL + visit it yourself once. For example... http://images.4chan.org/b/src/1305489361877.jpg ...becomes... http://images.4chanlink.org/b/src/1305489361877.jpg Instructions: 1) Copy the image URL from 4chan. 2) Insert the word "link" after "4chan" in the URL. 3) Important: Visit the new modified URL yourself once. 4) Send the modified URL to your friends. You have to visit the modified URL yourself once because that's how this site will know that the image should be downloaded and mirrored. Note: If you visit a 4chanlink URL in your browser and the domain automatically changes from 4chanlink.org to 4chan.org in your address bar you know the URL is working. You can also check to see if the URL appears on this page to the right. Note 2: At the moment only HTTP request works, if your URL starts with https:// you must change it to http:// (remove the s) in order for it to work with 4chanlink.
When you visit a 4chanlink URL it is checked to see if an image is online at 4chan with the same path. If the image is online you are redirected to it on 4chan and in the meantime 4chanlink downloads the image to its server. The next time you (or anyone else) visit the same 4chanlink URL it is checked to see if the image is still online at 4chan. If the image is still online at 4chan you are redirected to it. If the image has 404'd on 4chan the previously downloaded (mirrored) image is presented here on 4chanlink instead. 672 hours after the image was discovered to have 404'd on 4chan it expires and is deleted from 4chanlink as well. When viewing the mirrored image ONLY the image is shown, NOT a web page containing the image.
This site is a side experiment of mine, its future depends on how much it is used. If you like the service you can make sure it stays online by recommending it to your friends. 4chanlink is mainly designed to be used in chat conversations where the number of recipients aren't too many. It shouldn't be used for clickable links on a web page (have people copy-paste it themselves). It's a site referral issue. Links from applications should be OK. There's one issue you should be aware of: If two people visits the same 4chanlink URL within 5 seconds, and the image is removed from 4chan within those few seconds, 4chanlink will still believe the image is online at 4chan. This is due to a small cache implemented to reduce stress on the server otherwise caused by popular URLs. It should be a rare happening, and not too big of a problem, but if it does happen the second person to visit that 4chanlink URL will be presented with the 4chan 404 page instead of the mirrored image (if he tries the 4chanlink URL again 1-5 seconds later he will see the image). Tip: You can use 4chanlink as a temporary storage for images you wish to save while you are visiting 4chan on a computer other than your own. Simply open the image, add "link" to the URL, hit enter and close. When you get home you go to this page, find the image URL in the list to the right, visit it and save the image to your hard disk. Never again do you have to think "aw man I wish I were at home so that I could save that image". | Active linked images You have to copy and paste the URL into your address bar to bypass the 4chan referer check (they have it to prevent hotlinking/leeching). 8779 8778 8777 8773 8771 8770 8769 8766 8765 8763 8760 8759 8758 8757 8756 8753 8750 8749 8748 8747 8746 8745 8743 8742 8741 8740 8739 8738 8737 8736 8735 8734 8733 8731 8724 8722 8719 8718 8717 8716 8711 8710 8709 8708 8707 8706 8705 8704 8703 8702 8701 8700 8699 8698 8691 8690 8689 8687 8683 8682 8681 8668 8667 8666 8656 8652 8651 8650 8649 8644 8635 8634 8633 8632 8631 8628 8621 8620 8618 8617 8614 8608 8554 8553 8552 8551 8550 8549 8547 8543 8538 8533 8516 8515 8507 8506 8505 8504 8503 8502 8501 8500 8499 8498 8494 8492 8491 8490 8489 8488 8487 8486 8485 8484 8483 8482 8481 8480 8479 8478 8477 8476 8473 8472 8471 8470 8469 8468 8467 8465 8464 8463 8462 8461 8460 8458 8457 8456 8455 8451 8450 8449 8448 8447 8446 8445 8444 8443 8441 8440 8437 8436 8435 8434 8433 8432 8431 8430 8429 8428 8427 8426 8424 8423 8421 8419 8417 8414 8413 8412 8411 8406 8405 8404 8403 8402 8401 8400 8399 8398 8397 8396 8395 8394 8393 8392 8391 8390 8389 8380 8379 8319 8317 8311 8121 8120 Delete an illegal image from 4chanlink In order to delete an image from 4chanlink the image must have been deleted from 4chan first. At least five people must want to delete the same image for it to be deleted from 4chanlink as well. |